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A man in this film smokes by a window in front of a large flag promoting the Congolese National Movement. The protagonist of this film asks, “where are the people who live in this country?” while staring out a window at night. After being ordered to take her heels off, the camera holds on the protagonist of this film’s feet as she walks from the living room into the kitchen. This film cuts from a scene of a dead woman in a bathtub to people relaxing on a beach, where the camera zooms (15[1])in on a report of the death in a newspaper. A recurring shot of a living room in this film prominently (15[1])features a (*) mask that had been gifted to the owners by the protagonist. (10[1])At the end of this film, a white man is followed by a boy wearing that same mask while he is in Dakar. (10[1])For 10 points, Ousmane Sembène directed what landmark 1966 film about an exploited Senegalese woman moving to France (10[1])to work as a maid? ■END■

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